Kassel retracted his gaze and said: "Scoring is just a statistic, not a basis for determining the performance of the players, didn't you find that we won both games?" ”

The reporter was speechless for a while.

Cassel continued: "Don is a mature player, he knows what he has to do and I believe in him. ”

With that, Kassel walked towards the arena.

The Orlando Magic, who only joined the NBA in 1989, was the latest batch of newcomers, but because of the selection of "Big Shark" O'Neal, they quickly became one of the championship contenders, and then the team has Jordan's successor "Penny" Hardaway and three-time scoring champion Maddy, as well as the league's No. 1 center Howard, it can be said that there is no shortage of stars, no shortage of attention to the small city team.

However, in the 21st century, with Howard's journey eastward, magic was confined to small cities and began to enter a long period of reconstruction.

This season, they are a complete youth army, with the lowest league average in the league, and as Cassel said, their athleticism and talent are their greatest assets.

Not only the potential, but the Magic's performance this season has been impressive, and under coach Scott Skels, they are still in contention for a playoff ticket.

When Skels started his coaching career, he was an assistant coach of the Suns in the D'Antoni era, and then coached the Bulls as a head coach. The ease of relationship with players is also less obvious because the Magic team is all young players, which is why the Magic team has been able to achieve this record.

Overall, this is a coach above the league average. But like most in the league, he's one of the coaches who was quite unhappy with the first-round All-Star draft.

In the pre-game warm-up, Tang Shuai was practicing three-point shooting, Paul walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Coach Sam has no problem there, perform well, it's up to you." ”

Tang Shuai nodded vigorously. Then throw the basketball forward with one hand.

"Huh!"

There was a crisp sound, and three points of hollow fell into the bag.

He threw a punch at him.

Orlando is a small city and has not had a good record in recent seasons. Attendance at home is not comparable to that of Staples Center, and even against a team like the Clippers, the number of people who attend the game is just over 60 percent or 70 percent.

During the summer league, Tang Shuai played against the Magic twice. He even stepped on the Magic team in the finals of the Summer League to win the championship. At that time, the head coach was also an assistant coach.

Although it was only in the summer league, most of the players on that team were on the current team, so it can be said that there is not much difference.

The commentary for the game is from T.N.T. commentator Rick Barry and his partner Kevin Harlan.

"Rick, which team do you think has a better chance of winning this game?" As the players warmed up, Harlan turned to Barry and asked.

"On paper, the Clippers are a little bit stronger, but they're back-to-back on the road, and the Magic just won against the Hawks. The momentum is high, and there are great opportunities on both sides. Barry analyzed.

"Yes. The Magic's performance this season has been impressive, what do you think are the highlights of this game? Harlan continued.

"Skeles is a good coach, which will be a test for a young Kassel coach, Payton is a player with a lot of potential, and the confrontation between him and CP3 is also very interesting, and the attack and defense of Ucevic and Griffin will be very exciting." Barry said a lot in one breath, and when he finished speaking, he suddenly paused, and then said in a somewhat strange tone, "Don's performance is also concerning. ”

"You're referring to the results of the first round of All-Star voting?" After the announcement of the first round of All-Star voting, Tang Shuai has been completely linked to this matter, Harlan said instinctively.

Barry shrugged his shoulders and didn't answer directly, but said meaningfully, "Let's see how he performs against Fournier." ”

While Harlan and Barry were commenting, the warm-up of the players on the field had come to an end, and the coach began to call the players for the final tactical deployment.

The starting line-ups for both players were also announced at this time.

The Clippers' starting lineup is the same as before, and there are no changes, and Tang Shuai still serves as the Clippers' starting point guard.

On the Magic's side, the starting point guard is Payton, who played against Don Shuai in the summer league, and his backcourt partner is Evan Fournier from France, who is a typical player who is strong on offense and weak on defense.

Barry obviously has something to say before, if Tang Shuai and Fournier can't perform well against each other, it will completely prove that the first round of All-Star voting is a joke.

The small forward for the Magic is Harris, the No. 3 or fourth-slot swing player who just signed a big contract with the team in the summer.

The interior is played by space power forward Channing Frye and strong interior line Ucevic.

After the coach laid out the final tactics on the field, the lights on the sidelines also turned on, and the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

Before the start of the game, there was a hiccup on the benches on both sides.

On the Magic team's side, Skyles pulled Fournier and Harris alone and said something, looking very excited.

On the Clippers' side, Paul also pulled the team's other four starters to constantly emphasize something.

Before the game even started, it seemed that it was already in an unusual atmosphere.

It was Jordan Jr. and Ucevic who jumped the ball, and Ucevic was the quintessential floor-flow player, and Jordan Jr. easily earned the Clippers their first offensive opportunity.

Brewer, who received the ball, gave the ball to Paul, who advanced to the front court with the ball, officially opening the curtain on the game between the two sides.

After Paul arrived in the frontcourt, he immediately reached out and made a "3" tactic, and Tang Shuai and Brewer followed and began to run to the top of the opponent's arc.

This tactic is the regular tactic of the Clippers, if it is placed in the past, most opponents will use marking, or change defense to defend, but this time, the Magic team directly gave up Brewer, Harris and Fournier two people wrapped Tang Shuai to death, and did not give him a chance to receive the ball.

"Defend! Defend! ”

Driven by the live DJ, the fans shouted "the same hatred".

The game seemed to be in the same situation as the previous two games.

"Turn! Cycle! Paul suddenly shouted from the outside.

Just as Paul was shouting, Brewer suddenly gave up running and ran back to get tangled up with Harris.

Tang Shuai took advantage of this opportunity to run out quickly, and Fournier behind him was in hot pursuit.

Paul was still shouting there, but no one expected his hand to shake suddenly, and the ball was in Tang Shuai's hand in the next second.

After receiving the ball, Tang Shuai quickly turned around and took a big step towards Fournier, who pounced.

Fournier's defense is definitely a black hole, Tang Shuai shook this time, and his whole person was in the air.

Tang Shuai jumped up with a completely empty seat.

The Maddie Dry Pull Pack is then activated.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Tang Shuai hit the first ball steadily!

ps: Recently, in order to facilitate the reading of genuine readers, I have not stopped piracy, but the subscription to each chapter is less than 200, and staying up late to write the liver explosion is more than enough, and it can't save the hearts of these people to subscribe, what do you let me do? (To be continued.) )